National selections for the Eurovision Song Contest

National selections refer to the processes in which the broadcasters of the countries participating in the annual Eurovision Song Contest select the artist and song that will represent them in the contest.[1]

The two principal ways for broadcasters to select their entries are open selections (national finals) and closed selections (internal selections).[1] Since the introduction of semi-finals in the 2004 contest – due to the extensive amount of participating countries – and the rule of the "Big Five" countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom),[2][3] a wide range of countries have often alternated between national finals and internal selections based on final placing at the contest.

National finals

Loreen, who won the 2012 contest with her song "Euphoria", was chosen in the Swedish annual national final, Melodifestivalen.[4]

National finals are the process in which the public of a country can choose the artist with their song, often combining public televoting with the vote of an expert jury.[1]

Organised by the broadcaster, these national finals (consisting of one or more shows) can be televised or non-televised, however, most of the time they are televised as prime-time television shows.[1] On several occasions, the artist is selected internally and the public of the country chooses a song for them through a national final. Alternatively, the broadcaster can select a song and make the public choose the artist that will perform the song through a national final.[1]

Among the most well-known national finals is Melodifestivalen in Sweden, which features six live shows (four heats, a "Second Chance" show and a final in Stockholm) in different cities across the country.[5] In 2012, over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population.[6][7]

Saara Aalto, the Finnish representative in the 2018 contest, was selected under a mixed format; she was internally selected by the Finnish public broadcaster Yle, and her song "Monsters" was chosen at the Finnish national final, UMK, among her other songs "Domino" and "Queens".[8]

Another example of a long-running national final format is Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) in Finland; in 2018 and 2019, each participant wanting to represent Finland sent three songs to the Finnish public broadcaster Yle, which would select the entrant, and the public of the country would then choose one song among the three that the selected entrant had presented to the broadcaster previously, through a televised final.[9][10][11][12] In 2020, this format was abandoned in favour of a return to the open format seen between 2012 and 2017.[13][14]

Note that Albania, Denmark, Estonia and Finland are the only countries that have always selected their entries via the national final. Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro also selected all of its entries via the national final during their existence.

Internal selections

Duncan Laurence, who won the 2019 contest with his song "Arcade", was internally selected by the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS.[15]

Internal selections are the process in which the broadcaster of a country appoints a committee or expert panel to select both the artist and the song, without holding a public vote.[1]

Even though the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) "strongly" encourages countries to hold their own national finals,[1] several countries such as Russia,[16] Azerbaijan[17] and Bulgaria[18] are among those that have opted for internal selections for most of their entries in the contest. Choosing this method is also a common strategy for countries after having failed to qualify for the final on several occasions.[19][20]

Participants

As of 2021, 52 countries have participated among the potential list of 56 active members (plus one associate member) of the EBU,[21] and a record 43 countries participated in 2008, 2011 and 2018.[22][23][24]

Table key
†	Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not appear in the most recent contest, or will not appear in the upcoming contest
◇	Ineligible – countries whose broadcasters have been suspended from the European Broadcasting Union and are therefore ineligible to participate
‡	Former – countries which previously participated but no longer exist

Selection history of the participating countries
Country	Debut year	Latest entry	National final[lower-alpha 1]	Internal selection[lower-alpha 1]	Absent years	Broadcaster(s)
Belgium	1956	2022	Eurosong 1956–1963 1965–1984 1986–1989 1991–1993 1995–1996 1998–2000 2002 2004–2006 2008 2011–2014 2016 Total: 50	1964 1985 1990 2003 2007 2009–2010 2015 2017–2022 Total: 14	1994 1997 2001 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 4	VRT (Dutch) RTBF (French)[lower-alpha 3]
France	1956	2022	1958 1961 1970 1973 1976–1979 1980–1981 1983–1987 1999–2000 2005–2007 2014 Destination Eurovision 2018–2019 Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez! 2021–2022 Total: 26	1956 1957 1959 1960 1962–1969 1971–1972 1974–1975 1988–1989 1990–1998 2001–2004 2008–2009 2000–2013 2015–2017 2020 Total: 51	1974[lower-alpha 4] 1982 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 3	RTF (1956–1964) ORTF (1965–1974) TF1 (1975–1981) FT (1983–present)
Germany	1956	2022	1956–1958 1960–1965 1969–1973 1975–1976 1978–1992 1996–2008 Unser Lied 2010–2019 Germany 12 Points 2022 Total: 55	1959 1966–1968 1974 1977 1993–1995 2009 2020–2021 Total: 12	1996[lower-alpha 5] 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 2	HR (1956–1976) (ARD) BR (1977–1991) (ARD) MDR (1992–1995) (ARD) ARD/NDR (1996–present)
Italy	1956	2022	Sanremo Music Festival 1956–1969 1987–1990 1992–1993 1997 2011–2013 2015–2022 Canzonissima 1970–1975 Total: 48	1976–1980 1983–1985 1991 2014 Total: 10	1981–1982 1986 1994–1996 1998–2010 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 20	RAI
Luxembourg †	1956	1993	1976 1978 1989 1992 Total: 4	1956–1958 1960–1975 1977 1979–1988 1990–1991 1993 Total: 33	1959 1994–2022 Total: 30	CLT
Switzerland	1956	2022	Concours Eurovision 1956–1957 1959–1961 1963–1970 1972–1993 1998 2000 2002 2004 Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow 2011–2018 Total: 38	1958 1962 1971 1994 1996–1997 2005–2010 2019–2022 Total: 16	1995 1999 2001 2003 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 5	SRG SSR
Netherlands	1956	2022	Nationaal Songfestival 1956–1960 1962–1979 1981–1984 1986–1990 1992–1994 1996–2001 2003–2006 2007 2009–2012 Total: 50	1961 1980 2008 2013–2022 Total: 13	1985 1991 1995 2002 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 5	NTS (1956–1969) NOS (1970–2009) TROS (2010–2013) AVROTROS (2014–present)
Austria	1957	2022	1981–1984 1990–1991 1993–1994 2002–2005 2011–2013 2015–2016 Total: 16	1957–1968 1971–1972 1976–1980 1985–1989 1992 1995–1997 1999–2000 2007 2014 2017–2022 Total: 39	1969–1970 1973–1975 1998 2001 2006 2008–2010 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 12	ORF
Denmark	1957	2022	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1957–1966 1978–1993 1995–1997 1999–2002 2004–2022 Total: 52	N/A	1967–1977 1994 1996[lower-alpha 5] 1998 2003 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 16	DR
United Kingdom	1957	2022	Festival of British Popular Songs 1957 A Song for Europe 1959–1963 1964–1975 1976–1991 1992–1994 1995 2000–2003 The Great British Song Contest 1996–1999 Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2004–2007 Eurovision: Your Decision 2008 Eurovision: Your Country Needs You 2009–2010 Eurovision: You Decide 2016–2019 Total: 57	2011–2015 2020–2022 Total: 8	1958 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 2	BBC
Sweden	1958	2022	Melodifestivalen 1959–1963 1965–1969 1971–1975 1977–2022 Total: 61	1958 Total: 1	1964 1970 1976 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 4	Sveriges Radiotjänst (1958) SR (1959–1979) SVT (1980–present)
Monaco †	1959	2006	N/A	1959–1979 2004–2006 Total: 24	1980–2003 2007–2022 Total: 40	TMC
Norway	1960	2022	Melodi Grand Prix 1960–1969 1971–1990 1992–2001 2003–2022 Total: 50	1991 Total: 1	1970 2002 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 3	NRK
Finland	1961	2022	Euroviisukarsinta 1961–1969 1971–1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004–2011 Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2012–2022 (song selection only in 2018 and 2019) Total: 46	2018–2019 (artist) Total: 2	1970 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 7	YLE
Spain	1961	2022	1961–1962 1964–1965 1969 (song) 1970 1971 (artist) 1976 1979 2005 2007–2010 2012 (song) 2014 Eurocanción 2000–2001 Operación Triunfo (OT) 2002–2004 2018–2019 Destino Eurovisión 2011 2013 (song) 2021 (song) Objetivo Eurovisión 2016–2017 Benidorm Fest 2022 Total: 28	1963 1966–1968 1969 (artist) 1971 (song) 1972–1975 1977–1999 2006 2012–2013 (artist) 2015 2020 2021 (artist) Total: 38	2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 1	TVE
Yugoslavia ‡	1961	1992	Jugovizija 1961–1972 1981–1992 Opatija Festival 1973–1976 Total: 28	N/A	1977–1980 1985[lower-alpha 4] Total: 5 1993–present	JRT
Portugal	1964	2022	Festival da Canção 1964–1969 1971–1999 2001 2003–2004 2006–2012 2014–2015 2017–2022 Total: 53	2005[lower-alpha 6] Total: 1	1970 2000 2002 2013 2016 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 6	RTP
Ireland	1965	2022	National Song Contest 1965–1982 1984–1986 Eurosong 1987–2001 You're a Star 2003–2005 The Late Late Show 2006–2007 2008–2015 2022 Total: 50	2016–2021 Total: 6	1983 2002 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 3	RTÉ
Malta	1971	2022	Malta Song for Europe 1971–1972 1975 1991–2010 Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2011–2015 2016 (artist) 2017–2018 2022 (artist) X Factor Malta 2019–2020 (artist) Total: 34	2016 (song) 2019–2020 (song) 2021 2022 (song) Total: 5	1973[lower-alpha 4] 1974[lower-alpha 4] 1976[lower-alpha 4] 1977–1990 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 18	PBS
Israel	1973	2022	Israel Song Festival 1978–1979 Kdam Eurovision 1980–1989 1991–1993 1995–1996 2001 2005–2006 2008–2011 2013 2014 HaKokhav HaBa 2015; 2017–2020 (artist) 2016 HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion 2020 (song) HaShir Shelanu L'Eurovizion 2021 (song) The X Factor Israel 2022 Total: 34	1973–1977 1990 1998–2000 2002–2004 2007 2012 2015; 2017–2019 (song) 2021 (artist) Total: 19	1980[lower-alpha 4] 1984[lower-alpha 4] 1994 1996[lower-alpha 5] 1997 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 6	IBA (1973–2017) KAN (2018–present)
Greece	1974	2022	Ellinikós Telikós 1979–1980 1982–1983 1986–1991 1998 2001–2003 2007–2012 Eurosong - A MAD Show 2013–2015 Total: 22	1974 1976–1978 1981 1985 1992–1997 2004–2006 2016–2022 Total: 22	1975 1982[lower-alpha 4] 1984 1986[lower-alpha 4] 1999–2000 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 7	ERT (1974–2013, 2016–present) NERIT (2014–2015)
Turkey †	1975	2012	1975 1978–1979 1980–1993 1995–2002 2004–2005 Total: 29	2003 2006–2012 Total: 8	1976–1977 1979[lower-alpha 4] 1994 2013–2022 Total: 14	TRT
Morocco †	1980	1980	N/A	1980 Total: 1	1981–2022 Total: 42	SNRT
Cyprus	1981	2022	1984 1990–2000 2004–2006 2008–2012 2015 Total: 21	1981–1983 1985–1989 2002–2003 2007 2013 2016–2022 Total: 19	1988[lower-alpha 4] 2001 2014 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 4	CyBC
Iceland	1986	2022	Söngvakeppnin 1986–1994 2000–2001 2003 2006–2020 2022 Total: 28	1995–1997 1999 2004–2005 2021 Total: 7	1998 2002 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 3	RÚV
Bosnia and Herzegovina †	1993	2016	BH Eurosong 1993–1997 1999 2001–2005 Total: 11	2006–2012 2016 Total: 8	1998 2000 2013–2015 2017–2022 Total: 11	BHRT
Croatia	1993	2022	Dora 1993–2011 2019–2022 Total: 23	2012–2013 2016–2018 Total: 5	2014–2015 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 3	HRT
Estonia	1994[lower-alpha 7]	2022	Eurolaul 1993–1994 1996–2008 Eesti Laul 2009–2022 Total: 29	N/A	1995 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 2	ERR
Hungary †	1994[lower-alpha 7]	2019	1994 1997 2005 2007–2008 A Dal 2012–2019 Total: 13	1993 1995 1998 2009 2011 Total: 5	1996[lower-alpha 5] 1999–2004 2006 2010 2020[lower-alpha 2]–2022 Total: 12	MTVA
Romania	1994[lower-alpha 7]	2022	Selecția Națională 1993–1994 1996 1998 2000 2002–2019 2020 (song) 2022 Total: 25	2020 (artist) 2021 Total: 2	1995 1996[lower-alpha 5] 1997 1999 2001 2016[lower-alpha 4] 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 7	TVR
Slovenia	1993	2022	Slovenski izbor za Pesem Evrovizije 1993 1995 Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA) 1996–1999 2001–2011 2014–2020 2022 Misija Evrovizija 2012 Total: 26	2013 2021 Total: 2	1994 2000 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 3	RTVSLO
Slovakia †	1994[lower-alpha 7]	2012	Bratislavská lýra 1998 Eurosong 2009–2010 Total: 3	1993–1994 1996 2011–2012 Total: 5	1995 1997 1999–2008 2013–2022 Total: 22	STV (1994–2010) RTVS (2011–2012)
Lithuania	1994	2022	1999 2001–2002 2004–2008 Lietuvos Dainų Daina 2009 Eurovizija 2010–2012 Eurovizijos atranka 2013–2019 Pabandom iš naujo! 2020–2022 Total: 22	1994 Total: 1	1995–1998 2000 2003 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 7	LRT
Poland	1994	2022	Krajowe Eliminacje 2003–2004 Piosenka dla Europy 2006–2009 Krajowe Eliminacje 2010–2011 2016–2018 Szansa na Sukces 2020 Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję 2022 Total: 12	1994–1999 2001 2005 2014–2015 2019 2021 Total: 12	2000 2002 2012–2013 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 5	TVP
Russia	1994	2021	Evrovidenie 1994-1996 2005 2008–2010 2012 2021 Total: 9	1997 2000–2004 2006–2007 2011 2013–2020 Total: 17	1996[lower-alpha 5] 1998–1999 2017[lower-alpha 4] 2020[lower-alpha 2] 2022[lower-alpha 4] Total: 6	VGTRK (1994, 1996, 2008–2022) C1R (1995–2022)[lower-alpha 8] Channel One of Ostankino ~~(1995)~~[lower-alpha 9]
North Macedonia[lower-alpha 10]	1998[lower-alpha 5]	2022	Skopje Fest 1996 1998 2000 2002 2005 2008–2011 2015 Nacionalen Evrosong 2006–2007 Za Evrosong 2022 Total: 13	2004 2012–2014 2016–2021 Total: 9	1999 2001 2003 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 4	MKRTV
Latvia	2000	2022	Eirodziesma 2000–2012 Dziesma 2013–2014 Supernova 2015–2020 2022 Total: 22	2021 Total: 1	2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 1	LTV
Ukraine	2003	2022	2005–2007 2008 (song) 2009–2014 Vidbir 2016–2020 2022 Total: 16	2003–2004 2008 (artist) 2021 Total: 4	2015 2019[lower-alpha 4] 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 3	UA:PBC
Albania	2004	2022	Festivali i Këngës 2004–2022 Total: 19	N/A	2020[lower-alpha 2] Total:	RTSH
Andorra †	2004	2009	2004–2005 2009 Total: 3	2006–2008 Total: 3	2010–2022 Total: 13	RTVA
Belarus ◇	2004	2019	Eurofest 2004–2009 2012 Nationalny Otbor 2013–2020 Total: 15	2010–2011 2021 Total: 3	2020[lower-alpha 2] 2021[lower-alpha 4] 2022 Total: 3	BTRC
Serbia and Montenegro ‡	2004	2005	Evropesma 2004–2006 Total: 3	N/A	2006[lower-alpha 4] Total: 1 2007–present	UJRT
Bulgaria	2005	2022	2005–2013 Total: 9	2016–2018 2020–2022 Total: 6	2014–2015 2019 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 4	BNT
Moldova	2005	2022	O Melodie Pentru Europa 2005–2006 2008–2019 Finala națională 2020 Total: 15	2007 2021–2022 Total: 3	2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 1	TRM
Armenia	2006	2022	2007–2011 2013 Depi Evratesil 2017–2018 2020 Total: 9	2006 2008 2014–2016 2019 2022 Total: 7	2012[lower-alpha 4] 2020[lower-alpha 2] 2021[lower-alpha 4] Total: 3	AMPTV
Czech Republic	2007	2022	Eurosong 2007–2008 Eurovision Song CZ 2018–2020 2022 Total: 6	2009 2015–2017 2021 Total: 5	2010–2014 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 6	ČT
Georgia	2007	2022	2007–2012 2015–2017 Georgian Idol 2019 2020 (artist) Total: 10	2013–2014 2018 2020 (song) 2021–2022 Total: 6	2009[lower-alpha 4] 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 2	GPB
Montenegro	2007	2022	MontenegroSong 2007–2008 Montevizija 2018–2019 Total: 4	2009 2012–2017 2022 Total: 8	2010–2011 2020[lower-alpha 2]–2021 Total: 4	RTCG
Serbia	2007	2022	Beovizija 2007–2009 2018–2020 Internally selected composers 2010–2011 2015 Beosong 2013 Pesma za Evroviziju 2022 Total: 11	2012 2016–2017 2021 Total: 4	2014 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 2	RTS
Azerbaijan	2008	2022	Land of Fire 2008–2010 Milli Seçim Turu 2011–2013 Böyük Səhnə 2014 Total: 7	2015–2022 Total: 8	2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 1	İTV
San Marino	2008	2022	1in360 2018 Digital Battle 2020 (song) Una voce per San Marino 2022 Total: 3	2008 2011–2017 2019 2020 (artist) 2021 Total: 11	2009–2010 2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 3	SMRTV
Australia	2015	2022	Eurovision – Australia Decides 2019–2020 2022 Total: 3	2015–2018 2021 Total: 5	2020[lower-alpha 2] Total: 1	SBS

Unsuccessful attempts to participate

Year	Country	Selection process	Broadcaster(s)	Reason	Draw
1974	France	Internal selection	ORTF	Withdrew to respect the passing of the then-French president, which occurred a few days before the contest.	14/18
1976	Liechtenstein	National final	No EBU member	Ineligible due to the lack of an EBU member broadcaster.[26]	N/A
1977	Tunisia	Internal selection	ERTT	Withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[27][28]	4/19
1979	Turkey	Şarkı Yarışması	TRT	Withdrew due to the Arab broadcasting nations' pressure to not compete in Jerusalem, the host city and were drawn to perform right before Israel, leading to their withdrawal.	11/20
1982	Greece	Internal selection	HRT	Withdrew due to the song being released prior.	2/19
1986	Greece	Internal selection	HRT	Withdrew due to the contest being held the night before Orthodox Easter, a religious Greek holiday.	18/21
1988	Cyprus	Internal selection	CyBC	Disqualified due to the song being performed prior in the 1984 Cypriot national final.	2/22
1992	Croatia	Dora	No EBU member	Ineligible due to the lack of an EBU member broadcaster at the time.	N/A
2003	Serbia and Montenegro	No selection method announced[lower-alpha 11]	UJRT	Was excluded due to the EBU deciding that too many countries would be relegated if it took part.[29]
2005	Lebanon	Internal selection	TL	Withdrew due to Israel's ongoing participation.[30]
2006	Serbia and Montenegro	Evropesma	UJRT	Withdrew due to a controversial voting pattern in the national final, which led to the inability to submit an entry in time for the contest. However, they retained voting rights in the semi-final and final.	N/A (Final)
2009	Georgia	National final	GBP	Withdrew due to the song having implied political lyrics about Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, the host country. They were given the option to change the lyrics to the song, to which they declined and subsequently withdrew.	N/A (SF1)
2012	Armenia	Internal selection (no entry selected)[lower-alpha 11]	AMPTV	Withdrew due to security concerns and non-existing diplomatic relations with the host country Azerbaijan.	1st half (SF2)
2016	Romania	Selecția Națională	TVR	Disqualified due to TVR's repeated non-payment of debts on 22 April 2016, which led to the inability to broadcast the contest and to perform.	12/19 (SF2)
2017	Russia	Internal selection	C1R	Withdrew due to the artist illegally entering Crimea in 2015, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, leading to the ineligibility to perform in the host city Kyiv, Ukraine.	3/19 (SF2)
2019	Ukraine	Vidbir	UA:PBC	Withdrew due to the winner of the national final not accepting contractual terms of not performing in Russia. Other high placing entrants were asked to participate, to which they ultimately declined.	2nd half (SF1)
2021	Armenia	No selection method announced[lower-alpha 11]	AMPTV	Withdrew due to social and political crises in the aftermath of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.	2nd half (SF2)
2021	Belarus	Internal selection	BTRC	Disqualified due to the song having implied political lyrics in opposition to the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. They were given the option by the EBU to submit a new song, but due to it also containing political lyrics, they were subsequently disqualified.	1st half (SF1)
2022	Russia	No selection method announced[lower-alpha 11]	VGTRK	Was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.	2nd half (SF1)

Notes and references

Notes

The list includes years in which the country planned to participate, but later withdrew.
The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Italic indicates the country that planned to participate.
VRT and RTBF alternate responsibilities for the contest.
The country initially planned to participate, but later withdrew.
Did not qualify from the non-televised audio-only preselection round of 1996.
Despite the fact that was an internal selection, it counts as an edition of Festival da Canção.
Did not qualify from the preselection round of 1993.
VGTRK and C1R alternate responsibilities for the contest since 2008.
For that year, the second Russian broadcaster Channel One of Ostankino was to be responsible for the selection of a participant from Russia. However, due to the corporatization of Channel One, the entity was replaced with ORT (now C1R) and the new TV company agreed to cover the travel expenses of a Russian representative to the competition in Dublin and to organize a national final.[25]
Until 2018 participated as F.Y.R. Macedonia.
The country withdrew before selecting an entrant or entry.

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[AbsentYears-25] The list includes years in which the country planned to participate, but later withdrew.

[2020Cancellation-26] The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Italic indicates the country that planned to participate.

[RTBF-27] VRT and RTBF alternate responsibilities for the contest.

[Absent-28] The country initially planned to participate, but later withdrew.

[Oslo96-29] Did not qualify from the non-televised audio-only preselection round of 1996.

[30] Despite the fact that was an internal selection, it counts as an edition of Festival da Canção.

[Millstreet93-31] Did not qualify from the preselection round of 1993.

[C1R-32] VGTRK and C1R alternate responsibilities for the contest since 2008.

[34] For that year, the second Russian broadcaster Channel One of Ostankino was to be responsible for the selection of a participant from Russia. However, due to the corporatization of Channel One, the entity was replaced with ORT (now C1R) and the new TV company agreed to cover the travel expenses of a Russian representative to the competition in Dublin and to organize a national final.[25]

[FYROM-35] Until 2018 participated as F.Y.R. Macedonia.

[prior-39] The country withdrew before selecting an entrant or entry.

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[5] Rosney, Daniel (7 March 2020). "Sweden's Melfest: Why a national Eurovision show won global fans". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

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